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132 club women join in drive for approval of county stadium bonds

Part 1

132 Clnb'Woil&Sfo~· in Drive Fo:r,
-«s-
Approval of County tadium Bonds
A women's committee of 132 -
prominent Houston club women, •
headed by Mrs Gus Wortham
of 1505 South Blvd, joined the
t:ampaign Tuesday for approval
of the Harris County stadium
bonds in the Jan 31 election.
They will work with a com­mittee
of 150 citizens headed
by William A. Smith and Leon
Jaworski to pass the $22 Million
public obligation bond issue for
a plastic-domed s t a d i u m on
South Main Street.
"THIS IS A wonderful proj­.
ect for Houston," Mrs Wortham
said. "We must ~ work for
, its passage and contribute our
. time, because it will mean so
· much to so many people in our
. community and area."
very best site available and
still reasonably close in.
"THE PARK BOARD, the
commissioners and the baseball
and football people have put a
lot of effort into this project,
and I fear that a setback at
the polls would so discourage
them that it would retard the
development of t h i s area of
activity for several years."
The Salesmanship Club and
the Houston Go If Association
have also una.'limously endorsed
the issue. Norman Lewis, presi­dent
of the golf association,
said:
"We pooled our entire mem­buship
by mail vote. The vote
City Councilman W. H. Jones was unanimous that the stadium
also endorsed the bond issue ~ould be a treme1:1dous econom-and
said that its failure could . 1c boost for our city. 9ur mem-
, result in a setback of several . bers also fe_el that maJor league
years. · MRS GUS WORTHAM baseball will 1>!; tremendously
"I would have preferred a 'A Wonderful Project' successful here. . .
, site nearer to downtown Rous-, I GABE PAUL, vice president
· ton," Jones said. "However, experts in their fields, assure l:llld general manager of Hous-our
department heads, who are me that this is probably the See STADIUM on Page 3

Biographical Note: Frank E. Mann was a native Texan who served on the Houston City Council from 1960 to 1979. During his tenure of nine terms in the City Council, Mann's accomplishments included a freeway program, the elimination of political firings, the installation of fire department ambulances, and the initiation of an employee insurance program. Concerned about the difficulty of accommodating urban services to the City's growth, he dedicated himself to air and water pollution control, improved sewage and garbage disposal, and a continued supply of pure water. He advocated an equitable system of financing City services between the City and the county.

132 Clnb'Woil&Sfo~· in Drive Fo:r,
-«s-
Approval of County tadium Bonds
A women's committee of 132 -
prominent Houston club women, •
headed by Mrs Gus Wortham
of 1505 South Blvd, joined the
t:ampaign Tuesday for approval
of the Harris County stadium
bonds in the Jan 31 election.
They will work with a com­mittee
of 150 citizens headed
by William A. Smith and Leon
Jaworski to pass the $22 Million
public obligation bond issue for
a plastic-domed s t a d i u m on
South Main Street.
"THIS IS A wonderful proj­.
ect for Houston," Mrs Wortham
said. "We must ~ work for
, its passage and contribute our
. time, because it will mean so
· much to so many people in our
. community and area."
very best site available and
still reasonably close in.
"THE PARK BOARD, the
commissioners and the baseball
and football people have put a
lot of effort into this project,
and I fear that a setback at
the polls would so discourage
them that it would retard the
development of t h i s area of
activity for several years."
The Salesmanship Club and
the Houston Go If Association
have also una.'limously endorsed
the issue. Norman Lewis, presi­dent
of the golf association,
said:
"We pooled our entire mem­buship
by mail vote. The vote
City Councilman W. H. Jones was unanimous that the stadium
also endorsed the bond issue ~ould be a treme1:1dous econom-and
said that its failure could . 1c boost for our city. 9ur mem-
, result in a setback of several . bers also fe_el that maJor league
years. · MRS GUS WORTHAM baseball will 1>!; tremendously
"I would have preferred a 'A Wonderful Project' successful here. . .
, site nearer to downtown Rous-, I GABE PAUL, vice president
· ton," Jones said. "However, experts in their fields, assure l:llld general manager of Hous-our
department heads, who are me that this is probably the See STADIUM on Page 3